Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 61 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
Aero Engine Test Facilities:: A survey of the major technological landmarks
George DawsonENGINE testing has never been a subject to take for granted. Even thirty years ago, when test facilities were far from the sophisticated entities they are today, aerospace…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb020729. When citing the article, please…
Power Amplifiers and Shakers From LDS
LING Dynamic Systems (LDS) has launched a new range of high performance Linear power amplifiers.
Support Vehicles and Equipment
Terry Ford, CEng, MRAeSINCREASES in air traffic of all kinds and in particular, large aircraft accommodating 400 passengers or more, have brought ground handling problems at airports to the forefront of…
High Speed Vertical Machining Centre: Beaumont Machine Tools to market new Matsuura machining centre in UK
BEAUMONT Machine Tool Co Ltd recently unveiled the new Matsuura FX‐5 high speed vertical machining centre for the first time in the UK at its new facility in Coalville…
Safety Topics: Advanced Technology Simulator
MaydayIN December 1988 the training of British Airways flight crews for Boeing 747–436 aircraft began in the first of a suite of Rediffusion simulators. The new aircraft is due to come…
Fire in the Sky
Edwin Galea, Susan Cunnington‐KingFROM the ashes of the Air Canada DC‐9 inflight inferno and British Airways B‐737 runway disaster at Manchester, fire will rise to wreak further untold havoc somewhere. This is…
Street Lands Another Contract at British Aerospace
THE Street Crane Company of Chapelen‐le‐Frith has received an order for three Champion electric overhead cranes from British Aerospace's Civil Aircraft Division at Filton. The…
Equipment, Materials and Services
Amphenol Ltd's 608 Series has recently gained qualification approval to the British Standard BS 9522 F0020, formally Defence Standard 59–35 (Part 5) Pattern 608.
TechAlert — (Research Reports)
This report covers the development of a reciprocating time‐of‐flight ultrasonic inspection system capable of rapid scanning on large area composite structures. Representative…
Contracts
The Boeing Electronics High Technology Centre has awarded a $75,000 contract to Heriot‐Watt University in Edinburgh for research programme to develop a complete demonstration…
News and Views
Now available from Schlumberger Instruments is a new brochure for the SI 1202 Structural Analyser.
People
Mr Michael A Stacey has been appointed managing director of Lucas Aerospace UK Ltd with effect from 1st December 1988.
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- Prof Phil Webb